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Screen grab of recent updates. Subscribe to our Archive to view full-size images, with their descriptions.
Stay tuned… Next week we will be adding several more excellent images to the members area.
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Post Mortem.. or not??? Archive members can view the entire uncropped photo [ here ].

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Death certificate of Charles Botdorf, who died from scalding and pneumonia in 1907. Note that his date of birth it wrong on the certificate – he was born in 1904.

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Cabinet cards showing the Grimshaw Silk Mill tragedy in Reading, Pennsylvania. The mill, built in 1887, was destroyed by a tornado on January 9, 1889, killing 19 and injuring 100 employees.
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Original obituary for 2-year-old Cora Ford.
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Top photo: “Dear Little Hands” poem found behind the post mortem photo of 5-month-old Charles Gibbud, who died in 1855.
Bottom photo: A current day photo of the family grave, courtesy of FindAGrave.

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Embossed funeral card for a little girl who died in Lambeth, England in 1875. Her older sister died the following month.
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Original memorial card and record of death for Thomas Grover Purcell. If you
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